Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

A survey identifies three plate-boundary settings:

  • At boundary X, normal and reverse magnetic strips parallel a ridge, the youngest rocks occur near the crest, and new crust is produced.
  • At boundary Y, a plate sinks at a trench, crust is consumed, and deep-seated earthquakes occur.
  • At boundary Z, plates slide horizontally past each other along faults generally perpendicular to a mid-oceanic ridge, without producing or destroying crust.

Which one of the following conclusions is correct?

  1. X is transform, Y is convergent and Z is divergent.
  2. X is convergent, Y is divergent and Z is transform.
  3. X is divergent, Y is convergent and Z is transform.
  4. X is divergent, Y is transform and Z is convergent.
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